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Originally Posted by Colin P. Varga
What is dubious about the "Cafe Hayek" piece, which may or may not be true or may or may not be from the NYT, is that is doesn't conform to journalistic standards. There's a Rand report that you know about, unlike "Cafe Hayek" Rand has a reputation, so why not share it?
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I didn't share it because I wasn't interested in taking the time to find it. But now I feel obliged, especially because I made the wrong citation. It was a cato institute paper:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj27n1/cj27n1-9.pdf
I doubt you will read it, though. Know how I know? Because you assert that there is doubt that the NYT piece quoted on cafe hayek is real. I just searched NYT for "fair trade coffee" and found the article in question on 3/19/07, the same day as the hayek post. It took 30 seconds. If you really wanted to know, you would have done the same. The NYT has also run pieces that are favorable to fair trade.
Many bright economists point out what I think could be fatal flaws in the whole fair trade system. Here is Tyler Cowen:
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ma...nefits_fr.html
There are jillions of others floating around. I think we still need to know more, but the cafe hayek post is not a crazy hit piece.